Heathrow Terminal 2 timescale

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The new £2.5 billion Terminal Two at Heathrow Airport will be finished on time and within budget. That is the view from aviation officials, with just one year to go to the opening of the new building.

Today management at the airport declared they have learned the lessons of the debacle at Terminal Five when thousands of bags were lost and passengers queued for hours, as the first flights moved to the new terminal. Penny Silvester reports.

The interviewees are: John Holland-Kaye, Development Director; and Lord Deighton, Commercial Secretary to the Treasury.

Construction workers are gathered under the roof of Heathrow Terminal 2 to find out when it will open. The old building was demolished 3 years ago to make way for a new £2.5 billion terminal with the capacity to cope with 20 million passengers a year.

Bosses at Heathrow Airport are due to announce when the new Terminal 2 will open. The old building was demolished 3 years ago to make way for a new £2.5 billion terminal with the capacity to cope with 20 million passengers a year.

More information is expected to be revealed later about the future of the site of Heathrow Airport's Terminal Two. A new Terminal Two is expected to open at some point. The old building was demolished three years ago.